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Issa Music: Liner Notes
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According to the Legend of Issa, a little over two thousand years ago a spiritually gifted young man left the land of Israel and traveled east. He studied Hinduism and Buddhism, in India and Tibet, and was certainly exposed to Zoroastrianism in Persia during his travels. He brought a controversial message of love, God and the Kingdom of Heaven back to the land of his birth. Authorities in power found his message a threat and executed him. Was Issa the man now known to history as Jesus Christ? If so, and if the Legend of Issa is true, Christianity can be linked to earlier Eastern religions. With Islam’s acknowledgment of roots in Jesus’s teachings, East and West could be linked spiritually more than we have ever imagined or realized. Issa music combines West and East modes/scales, harmonies and timbres to celebrate this idea.
For more details about Issa music, see:
http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/Music-IssaMusic.htm
Issa music was recorded during three distinct time periods between 1988 and 1990.
Instruments used:
Roland D-50
Ensoniq EPS
Yamaha TX-7 FM synthesizer modules
Professional Midi-Bass
Korg DD1
Issa music was recorded using Roland MESA software. The recordings were mixed as they were recorded on a Fostex A2 tape recorder. They were converted to digital recordings by Pro West Video and Audio in Encino, CA and mastered by Disk Makers.
© 2011 Richard Warren Field/Published by OmniPath Music/ASCAP
OmniPathMusic@wgn.net
1 Mystic Jam1 3:28
2 River of Flow1 4:27
3 Summer Palace3 5:58
4 Skeptic2 5:41
5 Pace by Pace2 7:32
6 Temptation3 6:12
7 Darkness to Dawn2 6:42
8 Seventh Hell2 4:56
9 Prism of the Soul3 6:03
10 Eastern Boogie1 4:55
11 Voice in the Wilderness2 6:56
12 East Meets West1 6:47
13 West Meets East3 6:07
1 Recorded between December 26, 1988 and
January 1, 1989
2 Recorded between March and April of 1989
3 Recorded between December 1989 and February of 1990
Detailed notes on all the Issa Music pieces.
One minute clips from
the Issa CD -
Mystic Jazz Fusion
(.wav files)
1. Mystic Jam
(full running time: 3:28)
2. River of Flow
(full running time: 4:27)
3. Summer Palace
(full running time: 5:58)
4. Skeptic
(full running time: 5:41)
5. Pace by Pace
(full running time: 7:32)
6. Temptation
(full running time: 6:12)
7. Darkness to Dawn
(full running time: 6:42)
8. Seventh Hell
(full running time: 4:56)
9. Prism of the Soul
(full running time: 6:03)
10, Eastern Boogie
(full running time: 4:55)
11. Voice in the
Wilderness
(full running time: 6:56)
12. East Meets West
(full running time: 6:47)
13. West Meets East
(full running time: 6:07)